Reviews / Music

Rating: 7/10 Portland, Oregon isn’t exactly a city thought of when it comes to Hip-Hop, but newcomer Blazé (pronounced “blah-zay”) is doing his part to put his city on the map. The Portland native recently caught our attention after his debut mixtape, Room & Board, earned “Hot This Week” status shortly after its release on… Read more »

Rating: 8 / 10 The best way to describe Yelawolf’s musical pattern as of late is to simply say “Expect the Unexpected.” Since his Shady Records release Radioactive, the Alabama native has been doing everything in his power to remain at the top of his game, including taking the unorthodox road of releasing another EP… Read more »

Rating: 8.5 / 10 As music continues to evolve and touch listeners all over the world, it becomes more clear that talent knows no boundaries. The Australian Hip-Hop producer M-Phazes has been criminally underrated for quite some time, but that could very well change with this latest Coalmine Records release. Phazed Out has M-Phazes teaming… Read more »

Rating: 7/10 Independently, you may have heard of both of the people responsible for Never Enough; Knowledge Medina is a battle rapper to the core and has several appearances on GrindTimeNow.net (videos of his handiwork are all over YouTube, if interested), while the Florida producer Numonics has silently crafted a name associated with quality Hip-Hop, working… Read more »